invade

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Their work helps answer longstanding questions about how these viruses launch replication once they invade a cell.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Myra P. Saefong and Claudia Assis considered the potential for additional disruption to energy commodity prices if the U.S. were to invade Iran’s Kharg Island.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

In an annual threat assessment, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the intel community does not expect China to invade Taiwan External link next year.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Danish soldiers flown to Greenland in January were prepared to blow up key airport runways over fears that US President Donald Trump could invade the Arctic island, Denmark's public broadcaster DR says.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Somewhere I have read where Nat Turner’s example is said to have inspired John Brown to invade Virginia and attack Harper’s Ferry nearly thirty years later, with thirteen white men and five Negroes.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey